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Aid to the Church in Need Children light candles as part of a project of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). | Credit: Photo courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need Regina Lynch, executive president of ACN, said she fears for the Christian presence in the Middle East amid rising tensions and ... read more

ALGIERS, Algeria — When Pope Leo XIV begins his first pastoral visit to Africa as pontiff on April 13, he will start in Algeria before proceeding to Cameroon, then to Angola, and finally to Equatorial Guinea. The North African nation of Algeria is a country where Christianity has ancient roots but where Catholics today constitute ... read more

The first country Pope Leo XIV will visit during his Africa trip in April will be Algeria, a country where Christianity has ancient roots but Catholics constitute a small minority. Pope Leo will visit Algeria April 13–15, 2026, during his four-country papal trip to Africa. | Credit: Vatican Media/Archdiocese of ... read more

Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV greets a baby during a general audience at the Vatican. A March NBC poll found that American voters hold Pope Leo XIV in highest esteem among other public personalities. ... read more

Vatican City - The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M., until now metropolitan of Lahore, as vicar apostolic of Quetta, Pakistan.Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw, O.F.M., was born on 14 November 1957 in Padri-Jo-Goth, Sanghar, Sindh, in the metropolitan diocese of Hyderabad.He entered the Franciscan novitiate in 1984, and studied theology at the ... read more

Vatican City - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap., until now vicar apostolic of Quetta, as metropolitan archbishop of Lahore, Pakistan.Archbishop-elect Khalid Rehmat, O.F.M. Cap., was born on 5 August 1968 in Mianwali, in the diocese of Islamabad-Rawalpindi. He gave his solemn vows in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin on ... read more

Khartoum – Sudan has become another battleground in the struggle between the Israeli-American coalition and Iran. This follows the United States' designation of the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a "terrorist" group, accusing it of receiving support from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps . "The Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood is using unbridled violence against civilians to undermine ... read more

When Catholics hear about the works of mercy, they may think first of feeding the hungry, visiting the sick, or clothing the naked. These corporal works of mercy address the physical needs of others, but the Church also teaches that people have spiritual needs that also must be addressed.The seven spiritual works of mercy include: ... read more

Mother Angelica — the foundress of EWTN — often spoke about the spiritual works of mercy in her television program “Mother Angelica Live.” Mother Angelica. | Credit: EWTN When Catholics hear about the works of mercy, they may think first of feeding the hungry, visiting ... read more

A Maronite priest was killed in an Israeli attack on a Christian village in southern Lebanon. Father Pierre al-Rahi, along with other priests, defied an Israeli order to leave Qlayaa and chose instead to remain with his parishioners. ... read more

Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington said in an interview with his archdiocesan newspaper that “at this present moment, the US decision to go to war against Iran fails to meet the just war threshold for a morally legitimate war in at least three requirements.” “The criterion of just cause is not met because our ... read more

The bishop of the Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego pleaded not guilty on March 9 to charges of embezzlement and money laundering. Bishop Emmanuel Shaleta was arrested on March 5 at San Diego International Airport while attempting to leave the country. ... read more

Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has expressed deep concern over the security and humanitarian challenges posed by renewed violence in the Middle East, warning that the spiral of conflict could threaten the region’s already fragile Christian communities and even bring an end to the Christian presence in the Middle East if the pressures exceed ... read more

Regina Lynch, executive president of ACN, said she fears for the Christian presence in the Middle East amid rising tensions and violence. Children light candles as part of a project of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). | Credit: Photo courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need ... read more

The SSPX’s legal status with regard to Rome is considered canonically irregular because it operates as a Priestly Society of Common Life Without Vows despite having been officially suppressed on May 6, 1975, by Bishop Mamie of Fribourg. The SSPX has always maintained that this suppression was of no canonical value on account of its ... read more